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KYLE REIFERS
UNITED STATES
Height:
6 ft, 2 in
Weight:
175 lbs
Birthday:
10/13/1983
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PGA TOUR - Media Guide
| Nationwide Tour VICTORIES | (1) |
| 2006 Chattanooga Classic. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position | (147) |
| $180,314 | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round | |
| 65 at Round 1, Sony Open in Hawaii. | |
| Current Year Nationwide Tour Highlights | |
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Opened the year with a T6 a the Panama Claro Championship where he shared the 36-hole lead. Added a T5 at The Rex Hospital Open, one of six players tied for the lead late in the final round. Played the final seven holes in 1-over par and wound up two shots back of winner Kyle Thompson. Finished T2 at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational in his hometown of Columbus. Rolled in a critical 15-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to finish at 13-under par, one back of winner Harris English. Since English and John Peterson (T2) were both amateurs and ineligible to receive any prize money, he collected the first-place money of $144,000, moving from No. 52 to No. 5 on the money list. |
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| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| 1-- Chattanooga Classic. | |
| 2011 Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| T2-- Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational. T5-- The Rex Hospital Open. T6-- Panama CLARO Championship. | |
| 2011 Season Nationwide Tour | |
| Tournaments Entered--23; in money--12; Top 10 finishes--3 | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2011: Finished with three top 10s in 23 starts on the Nationwide Tour, finishing a career-best No. 16 on the official money list and guaranteeing a return to the PGA TOUR for the first time since his rookie season in 2007. Opened the year with a T6 a the Panama Claro Championship where he shared the 36-hole lead. Added a T5 at The Rex Hospital Open, one of six players tied for the lead late in the final round. Played the final seven holes in 1-over par and wound up two shots back of winner Kyle Thompson. Finished T2 at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational in his hometown of Columbus. Rolled in a critical 15-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to finish at 13-under par, one back of winner Harris English. Since English and John Peterson (T2) were both amateurs and ineligible to receive any prize money, he collected the first-place money of $144,000, moving from No. 52 to No. 5 on the money list at the time. 2010: Played in 26 Nationwide Tour events and made seven cuts. Had two runner-up finishes, at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open and the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open. Finished No. 67 on the money list. At the Chitimacha Louisiana Open, finished T2, six strokes back of tournament winner Fabian Gomez. Heading into the weekend he was T54, however, back-to-back 67s on the weekend gave him his best finish since winning the 2006 Chattanooga Classic. Notched his second top-10 of the year in October at the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open. Missed nine cuts in a row prior to finishing T2. 2009: Ended the season No. 56 on the Nationwide Tour money list. First top-10 was a T4 at the South Georgia Classic, which pushed him to a season-high No. 26 on the money list. Fired an 8-under 64 in the third round to move into contention at the Nationwide Tour Players Cup, where he finished T7. Opened the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic with a career-low-tying 61 that included a Nationwide Tour record birdie-eagle streak. Had a pair of eagles and was 10-under par for an eight-hole stretch during the first round, breaking the mark of 9-under by Ahmad Bateman at the 1996 Utah Classic. Would go on to finish T12 in Canada. Started the Chattanooga Classic's final round two strokes back in solo second, but shot 71 Sunday to finish T6. 2008: Made the cut in 15 of 27 starts with three top-10 finishes. Making his 12th start of the season, finished T5 at the Bank of America Open for his first top-10 finish of the season. Jumped out to the first-round lead with a 9-under 63, which included three eagles, followed by rounds of 71-73-69 to finish four strokes behind winner Kris Blanks. Finished T3, two shots out of a playoff, at the Knoxville Open after closing rounds of 65-66. Finished T10 at the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic the following week. Ended the season with a T11 finish at the Nationwide Tour Championship, where he posted middle rounds of 64-65. 2007: Completed the PGA TOUR season No. 181 on the money list, with $276,369. Made the cut in nine of 27 starts, with two top-25 finishes. Posted a course-record 64 at the TPC Louisiana in the first round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Finished T24. Also finished inside the top 25 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, with a career-best T12. Earned rookie PGA TOUR card for 2007 with T29 finish at 2006 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. 2006: Made the cut in 10 of 15 starts during his rookie season on the Nationwide Tour, with four top-25s. Ended the season No. 44 on the money list, with $127,424. Shot a course-record and season-low 11-under-par 61 in the final round and then sank a 15-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to capture the Chattanooga Classic, becoming the 11th player in Tour history to win his first career start and the 19th to win on Tour as a Monday qualifier. Posted a closing 36-hole score of 18-under 126 on his way to the win. Shot a tournament-record 26-under 262 on his way to a career-best $85,500 payday. Victory in Tennessee came just two weeks after finishing second at the NCAA Championship and one week after winning his first professional tournament in a Tarheel Tour event. Finished the season ranked No. 2 in Eagles (per hole) and fifth in All-Around Ranking. Amateur: Concluded his senior year at Wake Forest with a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championship. His Demon Deacons placed third. Two-time NCAA All-America and three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection. College teammate of TOUR member Bill Haas for three seasons. Among his victories on the amateur circuit were wins at the 2005 Northeast Amateur, the 2004 Ohio Amateur and the 2004 Monroe Amateur in Rochester, NY. Member of the winning 2005 U.S. Walker Cup team. |
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| Personal | |
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Both of his parents are accomplished amateur players, evidenced by both winning Ohio State Amateurs (the same tournament Reifers won in 2004). His father, Randy, played golf at DePauw University, is a member of the Ohio Golf Hall of Fame and made the cut in the 2006 U.S. Senior Open, with a T47 finish. Randy played on the same college golf team as former Vice President Dan Quayle and TV golf analyst Mark Rolfing. Attended Watterson High School in Columbus, OH. Never travels without his briefcase. First car was a Jeep Cherokee. He now drives a Cadillac Escalade. Favorite college team is Wake Forest University. Favorite food is pizza and favorite athlete to watch is Michael Jordan. Enjoys visiting San Diego and lists Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods as the players in his dream foursome. Has received instruction from Jerry Haas and Billy Harmon. |
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| Nationwide TourPlayoff Record | |
| 1-0 | |
| National Teams | |
| Walker Cup (1), 2005. | |
